FYI: Quantum Linguistics/Evolutionary Model of Lang

Author:

Dan
Moonhawk Alford

FYI Body:

QUANTUM LINGUISTICS IS A NEW SUBFIELD LAUNCHED AT THE QUANTUM PHYSICISTS'&QUOT;QUANTUM APPROACHES TO CONSCIOUSNESS&QUOT; CONFERENCE IN FLAGSTAFF AZ THISSUMMER. BASED ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF *CONSCIOUSNESS* (DIFFERENT LANGUAGESAPPROPRIATE TO DIFFERENT STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS), *NON-LOCALITY* (HUMANLANGUAGE IS A SPECIAL CASE OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS TELEPATHY), AND*RELATIVITY* (A LA WHORF AND EINSTEIN), QL IS INTENDED AS COMPLEMENTARY TONORMAL LINGUISTICS AS QUANTUM PHYSICS IS COMPLEMENTARY TO CLASSICALPHYSICS. I AM INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING THESE IDEAS WITH LINGUISTS -- IFANY -- WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS 21ST-CENTURY APPROACH TO LANGUAGE BASEDON 20TH- RATHER THAN 19TH-CENTURY SCIENCE.

ON THE FLIP SIDE, I'VE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS AN ACTUALEVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO LANGUAGE WHICH SOME LINGUISTS MIGHT BE INTERESTEDIN. CAUTION: LIKE THE ABOVE, THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED ORUNTENURED-INSECURE SINCE IT REJECTS THE NOTION THAT &QUOT;LANGUAGE&QUOT; IS ACONVENIENT SHORTHAND FOR &QUOT;HUMAN LANGUAGE&QUOT; -- SHOWING INSTEAD,EVOOLUTIONARILY. BOTH WHAT IS UNIQUE TO HUMANS ABOUT LANGUAGE AND WHAT ISSHARED WITH THE REST OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. BASED ON BRAINWAVE RHYTHMLEVELS AND OUR EVOLUTIONARILY NESTED BRAINS, THIS &QUOT;4-BRAINMIND MODEL OFLANGUAGE&QUOT; DEMONSTRATES THAT PIAGET'S FOUR DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS OFTHINKING CORRESPOND TO FOUR LEVELS OF LANGUAGE (MOTOR, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL,FORMAL), EACH WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE FORM OF GRAMMAR AND CONSCIOUSNESS WHICHCANNOT BE COMPREHENDED BY FORMAL APPROACHES ALONE. I'M INTERESTED INDISCUSSING THIS APPROACH WITH ANY LINGUISTS LOOKING FOR EVOLUTIONARYAPPROACHES TO HUMAN LANGUAGE BEYOND THE NORMAL &QUOT;POOF!&QUOT; ALTERNATIVECURRENTLY ENDEMIC TO OUR PROFESSION.

PRELIMARY THOUGHTS ABOUT THESE ISSUES ARE TO BE FOUND ON MY WEBPAGE, AND IENCOURAGE RESPONDENTS TO READ BEYOND THE ABOVE PARAGRAPHS BEFORERESPONDING.